Option Block 734: Talking AAPL, TSLA, VIX and More

31/07/2018 57 min
Option Block 734: Talking AAPL, TSLA, VIX and More

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Trading Block: The week in trading (so far) Social media tech stocks are taking a bath Earnings: Tuesday - Apple Wednesday - Tesla Thursday - Activision/Blizzard, Shake Shack, Blue Apron, Go Pro Friday - CBOE Odd Block: More Jan 2019 50 Puts in Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA), line-in-the-sand puts in Adient PLC (ADNT), and put sweeps in AK Steel Holding Corporation (AKS). Mail Block: Options question of the week EarningsSeason is still in full swing. Which names will dominate your options trading this week? Apple, $AAPL Tesla, $TSLA GoPro, $GPRO CBOE, $CBOE Listener comments: Comment from Value Dissenter -Tesla. Yay puts. Question from Ellen - When would you buy those $TSLA Jan 50 puts? Question from LOO7 -I think the market is top heavy here. What should I be looking at in terms of options trades? I mostly own spy in my portfolio. Straight 5% OTM puts or something else? Around the Block: What's on the radar for the rest of the week?